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The Nationals have formally pushed for changes to the government’s proposed university fee overhaul, saying there is a “glaring and potentially detrimental design flaw” in the plan. The Nationals party room on Monday agreed to press for changes to the ...

When Ariana Grande sang that she had 99 problems, she likely didn’t have the state of international education in Australia in mind, but if she did, she’d be right. Here are three of our biggest problems: We only recruit significant ...

Eye-tracking technology may help to make the preferences of people who have mild cognitive impairment (MCI) known. In a new study, researchers from Flinders University recruited older people at outpatient memory clinics, including caregivers, to investigate the ways older people ...

Covid-19 has spawned a new vocabulary, from lockdown to social distancing to super-spreader, that has quickly become familiar. We’ve also had to learn technical terms like pandemic and coronavirus, and drug names like Hydroxychloroquine and Remdesivir. Another medical word that ...

Scientists have solved an enduring mystery about Stonehenge, determining the origin of many of the megaliths that make up the famed monument in England, thanks to a core sample kept in the United States for decades. Geochemical testing indicates that ...

In a shake-up of its course profile, Charles Sturt University will slash 20 courses with no student enrolments and cut a further 28 with low numbers. The university announced it would make changes to a further 61 offerings, and “revitalise” ...

A US-based education provider has announced it will acquire Australia’s Torrens University as part of a deal with Laureate Education. Strategic Education announced on Wednesday it will spend $642.7 million (USD) to take over Laureate’s Australia and New Zealand academic ...

The University of Hong Kong has sacked pro-democracy activist Benny Tai, with the associate professor of law saying it marks an end to academic freedom in the territory. The prominent campaigner was a key figure in the 2014 Umbrella Movement, ...

The education sector should move away from the heavy focus on ATAR and students should instead leave school with a ‘learner profile’ that takes into account a range of their skills, knowledge and experiences. That was one of the key ...

I made the phone call to Belinda Robinson, acting UC vice-chancellor, from the airport in Iceland. “I’m thinking we might come early. What do you think?” The pause and the audible sigh of relief that followed told me all I ...